Segmental vitiligo in a patient with thoracic outlet syndrome

Rheumatol Int. 2012 Sep;32(9):2941-3. doi: 10.1007/s00296-011-2024-6. Epub 2011 Jul 29.

Abstract

Reported here is a 35-year-old man with findings of thoracic outlet syndrome and bilateral segmental vitiligo on C8-T1 dermatomes. The possible causal relationship between the two disorders under the common denominator of cervical sympathetic involvement is discussed for the first time in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cervical Vertebrae / innervation
  • Comorbidity
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Vitiligo / diagnosis*
  • Vitiligo / epidemiology*
  • Vitiligo / physiopathology